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Cyclist killed as car drives into Californian gran fondo field

by CyclingTips

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One cyclist has been killed and another injured after a driver lost control of his car and drove into the rear of the Tour de Palm Springs field in California on Saturday.

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Isaiah Kee said the vehicle came from behind the cyclists, veered off the roadway and then the driver lost control. The car veered back onto the road and struck two riders. One cyclist died at the scene, the second was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, and the driver was taken to hospital by ambulance with moderate injuries.

Eye-witness reports suggest the car might have been travelling at more than 100mph (160km/h) on a road with a speed limit of 50mph.

“There were so many participants that it was easy to see that there were bicyclists coming … not like you’re traveling down the road and all of a sudden encounter a few bicyclists,” Kee said.